Definition of Simial

1. a. Simian; apelike.

Definition of Simial

1. Adjective. simian; apelike ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Simial

1. like an ape [adj]

Medical Definition of Simial

1. Simian; apelike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Simial

simaruba
simarubas
simas
simazine
simazines
simber
simblot
simblots
simbu group viruses
simethicone
simferite
simfile
simfiles
simi
simia
simial (current term)
simian
simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
simian crease
simian fissure
simian haemorrhagic fever
simian haemorrhagic fever virus
simian hand
simian immunodeficiency virus
simian malaria
simian vacuolating virus No. 40
simian virus
simians
similar
similarities

Literary usage of Simial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Maxims, Experiences, and Observations of Agogos by Charles William Day (1844)
"... beyond the appointments that money can command, or a simial imitation of the manners of the truly elevated! Concluding Remarks. IT has been suggested, ..."

2. The Ethnological Journal (1865)
"There is not a shadow of evidence to show that any portion of the simial brain is, or can be, four times as efficient, in proportion to its size, ..."

3. The Foot-prints of the Creator: Or, The Asterolepsis of Stromness by Hugh Miller (1875)
"... as the sea-inhabiting progenitors of the simial family, and, through the simial family, of man, 14. ..."

4. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
"But considering that the Neanderthal skull is eminently simial in its great characters, he felt himself constrained to believe that the thoughts and desires ..."

5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1862)
"... thus :— Class Mammalia in parallel mth different Systems of Organs in the Human Body. G simial order: (vascular F Canine order: (digestive system. ..."

6. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1864)
"But considering that the Neanderthal skull is eminently simial in its great characters, I feel myself constrained to believe that the thoughts and desires ..."

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